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whole: the image is positioned in the upper two-thirds. The title is integrated and placed in the upper half, in black.
The text is separate and placed in the lower half, in white and in black. All set against a blue background.
image: a handkerchief, crumpled to capture a sneeze.
text: aaaa....TISHOO
coughs and sneezes spread diseases
trap the germs in your
HANDKERCHIEF
ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND THE CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH EDUCATION
PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY HAYCOCK PRESS, LONDON.
51-1956.

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